Birth order and relationships: Family, Friends, and Sexual Partners

Human Nature

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-88

  Salmon, Catherine ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Birth order; Helping; Parental investment; Sociosexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141764833     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-003-1017-x     Document Type: Article

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